Konrad Lorenz
Founder of ethology who studied imprinting, noting that the bond between animals is profound.
Quotes by Konrad Lorenz
The bond of love is a bond of sorrow.
The greatest of all ethical tasks is to awaken the human being to the realization that he is a link in the chain of life, and that he has a responsibility to the future.
Knowledge is not a thing to be stored, but a process to be lived.
Man is the missing link between anthropoid apes and human beings.
The most important thing in life is to learn to give out love, and to let it come in.
The truth is that we are all prisoners of our own perceptions.
Aggression is an instinct, but it is not an evil one. It is a necessary one for the survival of the species.
The more highly developed a living being is, the more important is the role played by learning in the shaping of its behavior.
The greatest danger to mankind is man himself.
The most important function of education is to teach us to think for ourselves.
The true scientist is a child at heart, always curious, always questioning.
We are all born with a thirst for knowledge, but it is up to us to quench it.
The most profound discoveries are often the simplest ones.
Ethology is the biology of behavior.
The capacity for love is the most important thing that distinguishes us from other animals.
The greatest tragedy of mankind is that we are so often blind to our own faults.
The more we learn about the world, the more we realize how little we know.
The most important lesson we can learn from nature is that everything is interconnected.
The human mind is a wonderful thing, but it is also a dangerous one.
The only way to truly understand something is to experience it for yourself.